This month has been a busy month for health awareness. As March is National Healthy Month, we have seen events such as the recently attended Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Summit in Washington D.C. featuring the First Lady, Michelle Obama and several other keynote speakers. If you happened to be in New York City’s Time Square on March 3rd, you would’ve seen a special reminder to “Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right” in neon lights on an electronic billboard. American Diabetes Alert Day was also recognized this month, as a nation takes a stand against the ever growing epidemic of Adult and Childhood Diabetes.

Many organizations are reaching out to the public to offer healthy resources to make lifestyle changes and maintain a positive outlook to food and wellness. The Partnership for a Healthier America has invested a great amount of energy into rallying organizations to change the tides of obesity and diabetes. Other notable companies like Del Monte, Dannon, Birds Eye and others have helped support this nationwide campaign of health. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietics has launched a massive campaign to support a nutritional filled lifestyle.

What does this mean to you? There can be much chatter about a trending topic or popular issue, but that doesn’t necessarily mean actions follow. Through all of these organizations and campaigns, the heart is that the tides of imbalance and obesity would change. There are resources, ideas, tools, training and guides that are available- regardless of what class, weight, age, gender or location you are currently at/in. We want to stand with you in moving towards a healthy future, for our adults and children in America!

There are some kids that are lactose intolerant while there are others who don’t love plain milk. In any case, physicians and dieticians agree that varying the sources of protein can do a lot of good to your kids. So, yes, soy milk is definitely good for the kids.

As adults we understand the importance of good health. Our teenagers too understand it quite well but their priorities are different and more important to them. This article lists out 3 easy to adopt healthy diet tips for teenagers.

For how long can we keep ignoring this? Yet more research indicts sugary drinks and sugary food for epidemic obesity amongst children in developed countries. Sugar and obesity in children it seems, are life-long partners.

The nutrition, activities and mental stimulus kids receive when they are young has a big role to play in how the kids will physically develop and also has a direct impact on the learning abilities of kids.

Our love for our kids has no bounds. We want to see them happy – a dazzling smile on their face warms our hearts no end. In their happiness lies our own and the demands for fries, burgers, ice creams, candies, pastries etc, are fulfilled with a sigh. Slowly chubby cheeks begin to look a bit too chubby and the ‘cuddly bear’ really begins to look like one. Welcome to childhood obesity. This is an article that seeks to tackle issues related to childhood obesity and how we can stop childhood obesity.

In reply to the question on when to introduce sugar foods to kids, Dr Geoffrey Phillip a child specialist says “there is no specific age when children should consciously be introduced to sugar. Children consume sugar almost from the instant they begin to eat solid food. These sugars are present in most baby foods including milk and fruit”.

As parents, our own lifestyles and life values are mirrored in our children. With one in every three kids being obese, childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the U.S. Teaching our children to exercise control over the food they consume is of paramount importance…

As parents we “know” that our children should be eating a minimum of 5 servings a day of fruits and vegetables however getting them to actually eat their fruits and veggies is a different story! Here are some suggestions on how to get them to make it happen:

It’s been scientifically proven that controlling your portions will help you lose weight naturally and stay healthy. Our nutrition control systems are designed for the whole family, and will help your children develop healthy eating habits that they’ll remember for life. 3rd party independent clinical trial data shows, Precise Portions tools work.